Chapter 126: Domineering Star Entertainment
Xingchen Entertainment's royalty system is naturally relatively lenient in the eyes of Wu Ming, a reborn.
But in the eyes of these game companies that have not yet experienced the era of Nintendo's hegemony, this system is too strict.
Before Activision was founded, because they were heavily exploited by Atari, it was natural that they would not hesitate to accept this harsh system of Star Entertainment.
But now that they can bypass Atari's control and freely produce and sell game cartridges, how could they be willing to accept such harsh conditions?
Representatives of Activision, the first third-party game publisher in the United States, immediately objected.
"Mr. Huo, your company's system is too strict, please forgive us for not agreeing to it. ”
Other game companies present also expressed strong opposition.
"That's right, we will never agree to your conditions for Star Entertainment. ”
"It's a big deal, so I'm not going to develop games on your PSB consoles. ”
The reporters present immediately showed excited expressions when they saw that all the game companies were opposing Xingchen Entertainment.
This is big news, Star Entertainment is going to fight with game companies!
When the Atari delegates saw such a scene, they also gloated.
Their company is in a lawsuit with Activision, a traitor, and Star Entertainment is also an old rival of their company. Now that the two companies are at odds with each other, it couldn't be better in their eyes.
Huo Jianning couldn't help but smile bitterly when he saw that all American game companies were opposed to the royalty system.
However, he still approves of the system designed by Wu Ming, so he still has an indifferent expression.
"We're not begging you to develop a game for our PSB console. The royalty system is a prerequisite for the development of games on the PSB platform, and this will definitely not change. ”
"It's your freedom to start a game or not. Even without you third-party game companies, we are not afraid of not being able to develop fun games with our own strength. ”
Huo Jianning said domineeringly.
The American game companies led by Activision were suddenly dumbfounded, originally they wanted to rely on collective protests to get Xingchen Entertainment to change the conditions, but they didn't expect Huo Jianning to be so tough.
Some game companies in Xiangjiang glanced at each other and shook their heads with a wry smile.
In the past year or so, more than 20 companies in Xiangjiang have been trained and supported by Star Entertainment.
Some game companies withdrew from the game industry, some game companies merged, and in the end, only eight game companies remained.
The rest of these companies have really made a lot of business, with the lowest profits in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, and the highest ones even in the tens of millions of dollars.
The company has made so much profit in its first year, and the company's future development potential is huge.
This made the company's bosses feel that the game industry is really profitable, and fortunately agreed to the conditions of Xingchen Entertainment.
After all, only Xingchen Entertainment has mastered the most complete distribution channels and publicity channels, which is equivalent to pinching their lifeblood.
If they want to make good money, these game companies can only obediently follow behind Xingchen Entertainment and be their younger brothers. Otherwise, without the help of Xingchen Entertainment, dealers and players would not have paid attention to these small companies in Xiangjiang.
When he was in Xiangjiang, Huo Jianning had already had a meeting with them, but under the hegemony of Xingchen Entertainment, they didn't dare to oppose the royalty system at all.
Just now, American game companies challenged Xingchen Entertainment, and they also wanted to see if they could force Huo Jianning to change the conditions, but they didn't dare to go into battle in person, for fear of angering Xingchen Entertainment.
Now seeing Huo Jianning's attitude so resolute, they don't dare to watch from the wall anymore, otherwise Xingchen Entertainment will have to turn over the account.
Representatives of Heung Kong Games Company stood up to speak and expressed their support for Xingchen Entertainment.
"We think that Centron Entertainment's royalty system is a very good system to avoid spam games on PSB consoles. ”
"We accept the royalty system and hope that Mr. Huo can help us develop the game on the PSB console. ”
The eyes of the others present widened when they saw this scene.
In particular, American game companies were even more shocked, they didn't expect that there would be game companies that would accept such a strict system.
It wasn't until they saw that the people who supported it were all yellow people that they suddenly realized. In the past year, Xiangjiang's game companies have become well-known in the United States, and they all know that these companies are the little brothers of Star Entertainment.
Huo Jianning nodded with satisfaction when he saw the actions of Xiangjiang Game Company. Finally, I didn't raise a batch of white-eyed wolves.
Huo Jianning coughed twice, and said loudly with a smile on his face: "It seems that there are still game companies willing to become the third party of our Star Entertainment." Then the royalty system will no longer be discussed, anyway, we Xingchen Entertainment will never change it. ”
"Just ask the game companies that don't accept it to not produce and sell PSB game cartridges privately, otherwise we'll meet in court. ”
The game companies present were all in their hearts, and they understood that Huo Jianning was warning them not to take his words seriously.
Huo Jianning pondered for a while, and then smiled: "Finally, let me announce the price of the PSB game console. ”
Everyone present pricked up their ears and wondered exactly how much the PSB console would cost.
"While our PSB is more powerful than the Atari 2600, we decided to make the PSB $150 and come with two cartridges in order to make it accessible to as many people as possible. ”
"One contains nine types of Great Wall Blocks games, and the other contains Snake and eight other mini-games. ”
"At the same time, we've launched more than sixty companion games, including many classic arcade games. There are also several debut games designed by our boss Wu Ming specifically for PSB......"
Subsequently, the screen behind Huo Jianning began to play trial videos of more than a dozen games such as "Mario Bros.", "Mario Doctor", and "Mario Golf".
After the video was played, the audience immediately exclaimed.
Since the arcade release of "Zuma", it has been a long time since Wu Ming personally designed the game, but I didn't expect seven or eight new games to appear at once, and each game is above the standard.
In particular, several series of games with Mario as the protagonist have attracted the attention of many people.
Donkey Kong, an early Nintendo game, was popular in the United States.
The game "Mario Bros." has borrowed a lot of successful experience from "Donkey Kong", and there is also a two-player cooperative game mode, which naturally opens the eyes of these unseen buns in the United States.